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Unifor members throughout the Metro Vancouver region are undertaking a massive education and voter mobilization effort for improved transit and transportation.
A regional referendum is underway on a five-cent increase to the provincial sales tax to fund a massive expansion of transit infrastructure across BC’s Lower Mainland.
The vote is a project of the area’s mayors after Premier Christy Clark refused to fund improvements to the province’s largest urban centres.
Unifor transit workers in Locals 2200 and 111 are leading the charge, and Unifor has united with more than 100 other organizations in the region to support a Yes vote.
“Better transit and transportation benefits workers in a real way by making it easier and faster for them to get to and from their jobs and to spend more time with their families instead of wasting precious time on long commutes and traffic gridlock,” said Gavin McGarrigle, coalition co-chair and Unifor’s B.C. Area Director.
